Reply by MonteCristo

Some of the steels used these days in cutting tools are pretty darn hard and a microbevel can be a real time saver when honing. The downside, of course, is that this microbevel will grow in size with each successive honing and you will either have to choke down the extra honing time or re-establish the primary bevel and start again. It’s up to you how frequently you do so.